Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Royce, Orva F. 1994 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net October 23, 2016, 10:54 am Ionia Sentinel Standard, 21 Nov 1994 Orva F. Royce of Belding, 88, died Friday in Greenville. He was born Sept. 10, 1906, in Millbrook, Mich., the son of Fred and Phoebe Stafford Royce. He was a retired self-employed carpenter. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Jessie Burns Royce. He was married to Eythel Shear in 1975; she survives. Also surviving are three daughters, Rosie Johnson of Grand Rapids, Marilynne Cory of Belding, and Mabel (Rob) Covey of Sheridan; a son, Bob (Tonie) Royce of Colorado, two stepdaughters, Donna (Marion) Borek of Smyrna and Suzanne (Erwin) Taylor of Belding; two stepsons, David Steffes of Greenville and Thomas (Mary) Steffes of Gowen; 17 grandchildren; several great grandchildren; and one brother, Edwin Winslow of Plainwell. A brother, Ralph, preceded him in death. Funeral services will be today (Monday) at 2 p.m. from Johnson Funeral Home, Belding, with the Rev. Dick Woodward officiating. Burial will be in River Ridge Cemetery. A memorial for Alvah N. Belding Public Library has been established, in care of the funeral home. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/r/royce33364nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb